Coal-discharging tramway and car therefor



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J. B. HONOR. qoAL DISOHARGINGIRAMWAY AND OAR THEREFOR.

Patented Feb. 26, 1895.

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J. B. HONORQ GOAL DISOHARGING TRAMWAY AND OAR THEREFOR.

No; 534,885. Patented Feb. 26, 1895.

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JOHN B. HONOR, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,885, dated February26, 1895 Application filed September 1, 1894. Serial No. 521,924. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN B. HONOR, of New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and ImprovedCoal-Discharging Tramway and Cars Therefor, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a coal-discharging tramway and cars therefor,and has for its object to construct a tramway in sections whereby it maybe set up at any desired point and made as long or as short as may befound necessary, being primarily adapted for the unloading of coal fromsteamers along a river front and conveying the said coal a predetermineddistance inland.

A further object of the invention is to provide dump cars adapted totravel on the said tramway, and so connect the cars with a winch thatwhen one car has been unloaded, a re turn of the empty car will causethe loaded car to travel to its destination, the cars being soconstructed that they will be automatically dumped upon reaching thedesired point in the tramway, and held open until all of the contentshave been emptied.

This invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of refer enoeindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved tramway. Fig. 2 is a planview thereof, a portion of the hopper being broken away. Fig. 3 is avertical section through the tramway, taken at the rear of the hopper, aportion of the hopper being also shown in section. Fig. 4 is a sectionthrough the dumping car, taken practically on the line .--4 of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the car, taken essentially on theline 5-5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a detail view of an end fasteningdevice for the car. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a portion ofthe tramway sections, the parts being detached.

The trestle A may be constructed in any manner that may be desired, (butit is made in sections, and said sections are preferably mounted onwheels so that they may be rolled to any desired point.) Any desirednumber of sections in the trestle may be employed, and the said sectionsmay be united or connected substantially in the manner shown in Fig. 7.Therefore the tramway may be made as long as desired, in a convenientand ex peditious manner, since the trestle is usually made to supporttwo tracks B and C.

At one end of the track, the receiving end, a hopperD is erected. Thishopper is a double one, being provided with an exit opening 10 over eachtrack, and each section of the hopper is inclined downward and inwardtoward the center of the section, as shown best in Figs. 2 and 3. Thehopper is supported by standards 11, or their equivalents, at such adistance above the tracks as to admit a car E beneath each section.

The car, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, consists preferably of a truck 12,the said truck being mounted upon suitable axles 13, having wheels 14adapted to travel upon the rails of the tracks B and O. The centralportion of the truck 12 is open, and at each side of the open portion ofthe truck an upwardly and outwardly extending flange 15 is produced toform stops to limit the outward swing of the sections 19 and 19hereinafter referred to. Each end of the truck is provded with ahorizontal extension 12, as shown in Fig. 4, and upon each extension,adjacent to the end of the opening in the truck, a standard 16 iserected, and each standard is provided with a pivot pin 17 upon itsinner face at its upper end. The standards are strengthened by means ofsuitable braces 18.

The body or receiving portion 19 of a car is normally of a V-shape incross section, as shown in Fig. 5, and comprises two sections 19 and19", both of which sections are provided with ears pivoted upon the pins17 of the standards. The sections naturallygravitate together at theirlower ends, and one section, the section 19 for example, is providedwith an extension of its lower edge at the center thereof, as shown inFig. 4, the said extension having an opening 20 made therein to receivea keeper 21 attached to the opposing section 19". A latch 22, is pivotedlikewise upon the extension of the section 19*, and the said latch isadapted normally for ICO engagement with the keeper 21, as shown in saidFig. 4E. The latch is of angular construction in order that one of itsmembers may strike a projection 23 in the track when the car shall havearrived at the place where the coal is to be dumped, and when thisprojection is struck by the latch, the latch disengages from the keeper21 and the weight of the coal in the body will force its sections apart,spilling or dumping the contents thereof. The sections are held, asshown at the left in Fig. 3, in this open position, by means of atoothed latch 25, pivoted to one section at one end of the body andentering a loop keeper 26,secured upon the opposite section, the teethbeing so inclined that when the sections are opened they will slip overthe keeper, but the sections can not close since the straight surfacesof the teeth will engage with the keeper, and the body is therefore notplaced in receiving position again until the toothed latch 25 is lifted.4

A car is placed upon each track B and O, and the two cars are connectedbyacable 27, shown in Fig. 2, the said cable being made to pass overguide pulleys 28 at the inner end of the tramway; and both of the carsare connected with a winch F, which may be located upon the tramway infront of the hopper D, or at any other suitable point. A cable 28attached to one car is connected with one section of the winch, whilethe cable 29 attached to the other car is attached to another section ofthe winch, the two cables being wound in opposite directions so thatwhen one is unwound from the winch the other will be wound thereon, asshown in Fig. 2.

Both the cables 28 and 29 pass over suitable friction rollers 30,located at the rear of the hopper, one at each side of the winch, andboth of the cables 28 and 29 pass under the hopper D.

A delivery chute G of any approved construction is placed beneath bothof the tracks when the material is to be delivered at one side of thetramway, as shown in Fig. 3, both of the cars being capable of dumpinginto the same chute; but if in practice it is found desirable the chuteor chutes may be placed at i the end of the tramway. The chutes aresupported in any suitable manner, and are usu ally detachable, beingtransferable from the side to the end of the structure.

In the operation of this tramway, when one car is beneath an opening inthe hopper in order to be loaded, as shown in Fig. 2, the other car willbe over the chute to receive the load, and its latch will have engagedwith the projection in the track and the load will be dumped. When thecar at the hopper has received its load, the winch is operated and theempty car is drawn to the hopper, and by reason of its connection withthe loaded car will carry the latter to its dumping ground. Thisstructure may be expeditiously set up in any place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A tramway constructed in sections and providedwith a hopper elevated thereon, tracks, cars adapted to travel upon saidtracks, connected with each other by cables, the cables having guidedmovement upon the tramway, a winch, and. cables connecting the two carswith the winch and wound in opposite directions thereon, as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A tramway, provided with an elevated hopper made in two sections,tracks extending beneath the hopper sections, chutes located beneath thetracks, a Windlass located in front of the hopper, cars held to travelupon the track, means for automatically dumping said cars, cablesconnecting the cars with each other, said cables being passed overfriction rollers located on the tramway, and cable connections betweenthe Windlass and each of the cars, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A dumping car, the same consisting of a base having an openingtherein, stops at the sides of the opening, standards erected at theends of the opening, and a receiving body pivoted upon the saidstandards, the body being substantially V-shaped in cross section,constructed in two pivotally connected sections and provided with alatch whereby the sections are connected, the said body being likewiseprovided at one end with a toothed latch and a keeper to receive thesame, the toothed latch serving to automatically hold the sections openwhen said sections are freed from the locking latch, substantially asdescribed.

JOHN B. HONOR.

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H. F. WILMOT, J. M. OAss, J r.

